Vaughan, S;
(2020)
Exploring teachers’ experiences of action research.
London Review of Education
, 18
(3)
pp. 408-422.
10.14324/LRE.18.3.06.
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Abstract
Through exploring the author’s experiences of working with five teachers who undertook an action research project for their master’s dissertations, this article establishes that it is possible for critical participatory action research to address issues around the perceived de-professionalization of teachers, and challenge the exploitative nature of education within English state schools. Semi-structured interviews with five teachers showed that this was an empowering experience, which provided a number of benefits, including an increased sense of professionalism, and that they would recommend action research to other teachers. Their experiences and insights have been used to discuss options for implementing action research more widely, identifying potential challenges and suggesting possible solutions. Based on both sets of experiences, I suggest that it would be valuable for action research to be implemented more widely within the English education system, as a method of addressing teachers’ frustrations around accountability and performativity.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Exploring teachers’ experiences of action research |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/LRE.18.3.06 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14324/LRE.18.3.06 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2020 Vaughan License: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | critical participatory action research, performativity, accountability, teacher retention, de-professionalization, exploitative |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10127753 |
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